Krischa, for one, is much relieved that this isn’t the super-limited deluxe “Venom” edition bound in goat-skin, consecrated, and signed by the author with ink infused with his own blood. That would probably unnerve me, too! But no, this is just the standard edition – but quite nice it is, and it certainly appears to be detailed and highly informative with lots and lots of sigils and incantations and so forth. This standard edition has also been blessed and consecrated by the author, apparently making it a “talismanic” object in itself.